1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C Mann(
Book
)71
editions published
between
2005
and
2017
in
7
languages
and held by
4,833 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of
conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the
Americas than in Europe. Certain cities -- such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital -- were greater in population than any
European city. Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and
immaculately clean streets. The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great
pyramids. Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped"
by human beings. Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process that the journal Science recently described
as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering

1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created by Charles C Mann(
Book
)33
editions published
between
2011
and
2018
in
4
languages
and held by
3,292 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"From the author of 1491, the study of the pre-Columbian Americas, this new work is a history that explores the most momentous
biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents.
Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's
voyages brought them back together, and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia
and the Americas. As the author shows, this global ecological tumult, the "Columbian Exchange", underlies much of subsequent
human history. Presenting the latest generation of research by scientists, he shows how the creation of this worldwide network
of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Manila and
Mexico City, where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted, the center of the world. In
1493, the author presents a scientific interpretation of our past

Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 by Charles C Mann(
Book
)8
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
3,026 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional
wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds
of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests

Material world : a global family portrait by Peter Menzel(
Book
)26
editions published
between
1994
and
2007
in
English and Italian
and held by
1,997 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Photo spreads, with brief commentaries, of possessions of families in more than 50 countries. Awards: SLJ Best Book. Annotation.
A fascinating project--sponsored by a number of international organizations--resulting in this richly intriguing book (it
will get well-deserved promotion and distribution via all sorts of media). Sixteen photographers traveled to 30 nations to
live for a week with families that are "statistically average" for that nation. At the end of each visit, photographer and
subjects collaborated on a portrait of the family, outside of its home, surrounded by all of its material possessions--a few
jars and jugs for some, an abundance of electronic gadgetry for others. The 360 color photos are accompanied by information
about the standard of living in each country, notes by the photographers about their experiences, and profiles of family members
and their lives. We are witnessing the emergence of a unified world economy, as exemplified by NAFTA and GATT, that will,
in theory, make goods available at cheaper prices, create new jobs throughout the world, raise standards of living, and benefit
the average family. However, population growth and resource exploitation will also affect these potential benefits as patterns
of consumption change. In stunning photographs and text, Material World demonstrates the present context for the emerging
global economy, what it means to be "statistically average," by displaying families in more than thirty nations outside their
homes - with all their possessions in view. Among the 350 stunning images are those of a family in lush Samoa juxtaposed with
a Kuwaiti family and the two Mercedes-Benzes parked outside their desert home a family in Iceland posing with their treasured
string instruments while a family in Sarajevo huddles outside their bullet-ridden apartment. The text describes what it means
to be "average" in each of thirty very dissimilar cultures and the impact of each way of life on the local environment. Statistical
information about each country accompanies the photo-essays so that readers can easily compare one culture with another

The second creation : makers of the revolution in twentieth-century physics by Robert P Crease(
Book
)29
editions published
between
1986
and
1997
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,469 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Now back in print, The Second Creation is the intimate story of the decades-long scientific quest for "unification," a theory
that draws together all matter and energy, from the hottest supernovas to the whirring fragments of the atom. Based on scores
of in-depth interviews with such brilliant scientists as Max Planck, Erwin Schrodinger, Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann,
Sheldon Glashow, and Steven Weinberg, Robert Crease and Charles Mann vividly portray the tense, exciting world of investigators
at the last frontier of knowledge. In telling the richly human story of the two generations of scientists who set out to find
the "theory of everything," the authors recount a sweeping saga that moves from the early days of Albert Einstein and Niels
Bohr arguing in a Copenhagen park to the vast, mile-long atom smashers of today. The Second Creation is a definitive group
portrait of twentieth-century physics

Noah's choice : the future of endangered species by Charles C Mann(
Book
)9
editions published
between
1995
and
1996
in
English
and held by
1,435 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The authors suggest new principles for striking a balance between the needs of human beings and the rest of the world

At large : the strange case of the world's biggest Internet invasion by David H Freedman(
Book
)16
editions published
between
1997
and
2014
in
English
and held by
752 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
As the number of victims mounted, Phantom Dialer became the subject of the first major investigation of the FBI's new computer-crime
squad and one of the biggest manhunts in the history of electronic crime. But when FBI agents finally burst into Phantom Dialer's
house, they were stunned and dismayed by what they found. The decision was made not to prosecute but instead to keep the story
quiet. The story of Phantom Dialer demonstrates the vulnerability of the global network: anyone can break in almost anywhere.
Indeed, though few recognize it, the massive crime wave has already begun

1493 : [uncovering the new world Columbus created] by Charles C Mann(
Recording
)16
editions published
between
2011
and
2012
in
English
and held by
695 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Charles Mann chronicles the Age of Exploration and its consequences. Here, he looks at how the European presence affected
the Americas, China, and Africa

1491 by Charles C Mann(
Recording
)25
editions published
between
2005
and
2017
in
English and French
and held by
534 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Charles Mann takes us on a journey of scientific exploration. We learn that the Indian development of modern corn was one
of the most complex feats of genetic engineering ever performed. That the Great Plains are a third smaller today than they
were in 1700 because the Indians who maintained them by burning died. And that the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human
artifact

1493 for young people : from Columbus's voyage to globalization by Charles C Mann(
Book
)6
editions published
between
2014
and
2016
in
English
and held by
356 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and
migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across
Europe and then cause the deaths of millions? How did the rubber plant enable industrialization? What is the connection between
malaria, slavery, and the outcome of the American Revolution? How did the fabled silver mountain of sixteenth-century Bolivia
fund economic development in the flood-prone plains of rural China and the wars of the Spanish Empire? Here is the story of
how sometimes the greatest leaps also posed the greatest threats to human advancement. Mann's language is as plainspoken and
clear as it is provocative, his research and erudition vast, his conclusions ones that will stimulate the critical thinking
of young people. 1493 for Young People provides tools for wrestling with the most pressing issues of today, and will empower
young people as they struggle with a changing world"--

Malawi's green revolution : seeking sustainability 1998-2015(
Visual
)3
editions published
between
2011
and
2014
in
English
and held by
216 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Responding to recurrent food crises, by 1998 scientists in Malawi had developed and field-tested new maize varieties and crop
combinations that promised Malawi a Green Revolution. However, with farmers too poor to purchase seed and fertilizer, how
to empower Malawi's farmers with this new technology?

The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world by Charles C Mann(
Recording
)7
editions published
in
2018
in
English
and held by
159 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Charles C. Mann delivers an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William
Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped the ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the
twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world

If it doesn't rain (Si No Llueve)(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
153 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Disc 1: What is poverty? This short documentary on households and communities in rural Southern Mexico reveals the complexities
of this question and strategies people use to manage and minimize risk. Designed to provoke discussion, this disc includes
three in-depth special features (Trout Farm, Oportunidades, The Tequio System) on community projects and government aid programs.
Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards NewFilmmakers New York, 2008 Woods Hole Film Festival, 2007 Boston Latino International
Film Festival, 2008 (If it doesn't rain) and 2009 (First return)filmmaker: Michael J. Palmer, Mary Jirmanus, and Charles Mann

1491 : una nueva historia de las Américas antes de Colón by Charles C Mann(
Book
)14
editions published
between
2006
and
2013
in
Spanish
and held by
153 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's
surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small, roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected discoveries
have dramatically changed our understanding of Indian Life. Many scholars now argue that the Indians were much more numerous,
were in the Americas for far longer, and had far more ecological impact on the land than previously believed. This knowledge
has enormous implications for today's environmental disputes, yet little has filtered into textbooks, and even less into public
awareness. Mann brings together all of the latest research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and South
America, to provide a new, fascinating and iconoclastic account of the Americas before Columbus."--Publisher's description

If it doesn't rain, first return (Si No Llueve, Primer Regreso)(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
150 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Revisting the families and communities of the original If it doesn't rain, this film highlights the continuing struggle to
improve their lives, especially to manage and minimize risk. Enriched by eight features, the video provides insight into the
the role of government programs, the impact of migration, and the power of community organization. Filmmakers: Michael J.
Palmer, Mary Jirmanus, and Charles Mann. Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards:New Filmmakers New York, 2008 Woods Hole Film
Festival, 2007 Boston Latino International Film Festival, 2008 (If it doesn't rain) and 2009 (First return)

1493 : how Europe's discovery of the Americas revolutionized trade, ecology and life on Earth by Charles C Mann(
Book
)7
editions published
between
2011
and
2012
in
English
and held by
139 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores
the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split
apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and
animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and
fauna between Eurasia and the Americas. As Charles Mann shows, this global ecological tumult--the "Columbian Exchange"--Underlies
much of subsequent human history. Presenting the latest generation of research by scientists, Mann shows how the creation
of this worldwide network of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two
centuries made Manila and Mexico City-- where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted--the
center of the world. In 1493, Charles Mann gives us an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its
authority and fascination"-

1493 : comment la découverte de l'Amérique a transformé le monde by Charles C Mann(
Book
)11
editions published
between
2011
and
2013
in
3
languages
and held by
123 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
From the author of 1491-- the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history of the most
momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart
the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals.
When Christopher Columbus set foot in the Americas, he ended that separation at a stroke. Driven by the economic goal of establishing
trade with China, he accidentally set off an ecological convulsion as European vessels carried thousands of species to new
homes across the oceans. The Columbian Exchange, as researchers call it, is the reason there are tomatoes in Italy, oranges
in Florida, chocolates in Switzerland, and chili peppers in Thailand. More important, creatures the colonists knew nothing
about hitched along for the ride. Earthworms, mosquitoes, and cockroaches; honeybees, dandelions, and African grasses; bacteria,
fungi, and viruses; rats of every description--all of them rushed like eager tourists into lands that had never seen their
like before, changing lives and landscapes across the planet. Eight decades after Columbus, a Spaniard named Legazpi succeeded
where Columbus had failed. He sailed west to establish continual trade with China, then the richest, most powerful country
in the world. In Manila, a city Legazpi founded, silver from the Americas, mined by African and Indian slaves, was sold to
Asians in return for silk for Europeans. It was the first time that goods and people from every corner of the globe were connected
in a single worldwide exchange. Much as Columbus created a new world biologically, Legazpi and the Spanish empire he served
created a new world economically. As Charles C. Mann shows, the Columbian Exchange underlies much of subsequent human history.
Presenting the latest research by ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the creation
of this worldwide network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed
Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City--where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted--the
center of the world. In such encounters, he uncovers the germ of today's fiercest political disputes, from immigration to
trade policy to culture wars. In 1493, Charles Mann gives us an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled
in its authority and fascination. From the Hardcover edition